History & Specifications of the Company

Hormozgan Cement Company (Public Joint Stock) was established as a private joint stock company on 17 Jan., 1983. The legal personality of the company was changed from private joint stock to public joint stock, on basis of the resolution of extraordinary general meeting dated 17 July 1999. Presently the legal head office of the company is located at No. 37, after Mina Sq., Behrooz Str., Madar Sq, Mirdamad Blvd., Tehran.

The object of the company’s activity, in accordance with Article 3 of the articles of association, is creation and establishment of cement manufacturing factories and its affiliated industries as well as exploration, exploitation and operation of all mines required by this industry.
Under the operation license No. 10011 dated 25 Nov., 2002, issued by the Industries & Mines Organization of Tehran Province, the annual production
capacity is equivalent to 1,800,000 tons of different types of cement in three operating shifts.

For production of cement in the factory, main raw materials such as “Maren”, lime ore and iron ore from Haematite type, are used. Upon completion of ignition operations in mines and supply of raw materials, the materials are crushed in the stone-cracking department and are stored in the mixture saloon.
The materials stored in the mixture saloon will enter the silo and after adding the iron ore (Haematite) and lime ore with high purity to it (in sufficient quantity) they will enter the rolling mill and after crushing, they will be transferred to homogenization silo. The powdered raw materials, after exit from homogenization silos, will enter the pre-heater and after calcination operation, will enter the rolling furnace for annealing operations and in the heat existing in the furnace, chemical reactions related to formation of phases will take place and the clinker will be formed.
The temperature of the hot clinker will be reduced by the cooler and then it will enter the clinker silo and thereafter some additives such as plaster ore, Pozzolan, lime ore, etc., will be added to it and it will enter the bullet mill. The produced cement will be stored in cement silos and will be delivered to the customers in bulk or envelopes.
The products of this company are presently Portland cement, type 1-425, type 2 and Portland Pozzolan cement. Having regard to the needs of the customers, all types of grey cement are also available. Quality of the produced products have been always higher than the national standards and were several times appreciated by communities such as the Cement Industry Employers Association.
From the beginning of operation, Hormozgan Cement Co., has always emphasized on supply of good quality product and has succeeded in achievement of a permit for using the Iran National Standard logo as well as in obtaining the CE logo for insertion on its manufactured products.
This company, for assurance about the quality of the manufactured products, has embarked on mobilization of chemistry, physics and X-Ray laboratories with the best up- to -date facilities and constant control of the whole production line from the mines to loading cement and the quality of services and results provided by those labs, led to obtaining a competence certificate as a colleague laboratory from the National Standard Organization in 2008.
Hormozgan Cement Co., in line with promotion of the management level of the company has succeeded in the implementation of quality management, environment, safety & health systems since 2003, and acquirement of the
related certificates continuously from the IMQ Italian Institution, supports this assertion.
This company as the oldest cement company has been also successful in implementation of the comprehensive management system in Iran National Standard ISIRI 13000, which in addition to the above points, also includes the strategic management & organizational regulation 5S. Hormozgan Cement Co., during the recent years, succeeded to obtain the medals of exemplary industrial unit, quality exemplary unit, management exemplary unit, environment exemplary unit, exemplary exporter, Letter of Appreciation for suitable performance in the productivity indices, etc.

Main activity of the company according to Article 3 of the articles of association, is establishment of cement manufacturing factories and affiliated side industries as well as exploration, exploitation and operation of all mines required by this industry.
This company, for purpose of assurance about the quality of the manufactured products, has embarked upon equipping the chemistry, physics & X-Ray labs with the best up- to- date facilities and permanent control of all production lines from the mines through loading cement. The quality of services and results provided in these laboratories led to obtaining a competence certificate as a laboratory colleague from the National Standard Organization in 2008.